Mishnah Snapshots: Personal Glimpses of Rabbi Yeshua
Step into the world of Yeshua and his disciples and understand the New Testament better through the oldest Jewish writings outside the Bible - the Mishnah. Main page: https://holylanguage.com/mishnah
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#49 ✡ Ta'anit 1:1-1:7
Did you know Israel gets about as much rain as Sudan?
When are the "early and latter rains", anyway?
Why do Jews pray for rain in the blessing of the resurrection?
How long did it take to hike from Babylon to Israel?
Why did Yeshua say to anoint yourself when fasting?
The bittersweet experience o... -
#50 ✡ Ta'anit 2:1-2:10
Why were the people of Nazareth putting ashes on their heads?
How does the Holy Spirit feel about liturgy and orders of service?
Is it ok to call the books of Joshua to Revelation "Torah" or not?
Some words from the heart if you're empty or angry
What can you learn from the Jewish practice of pra... -
#51 ✡ Ta'anit 3:3-3:9
Why did people blow shofars in ancient times?
Is there internal evidence the Mishnah is historically accurate?
Here's how helpmeet means "Hero" and not "Hamburger Helper"
What do the Hebrew letters on Izzy's fingers spell?
The story of Choni who wouldn't leave his prayer circle until…
If the Hall... -
#52 ✡ Ta'anit 4:1-4:8
If synagogues aren't commanded in Torah, where did they come from?
How can you prove that the Jews are really Jews?
How old are Jewish liturgical rites like Mussaf and Neilah?
What do the events of 4.17 and 5.9 tell you about the Hebrew calendar?
Why is it incredible the families of David and Jon... -
#53 ✡ Megillah 1:8-3:3
How are the names and themes of the Esther and Apocalypse scrolls related?
Why is the Hebrew font called Assyrian, and how was that different from Phoenician?
Why did the Hanukkah heroes call Greek language and culture "mud"?
In Mishnaic Hebrew you'd say "Yeshua ha'MASHUACH" but should you?
If th... -
#54 ✡ Megillah 3:4-4:1
Why is the whole week called the Sabbath in Hebrew?
Why is the story of Amalek read for the festival of Purim?
Here's why it's hard for empaths to read R-rated Bible stories
If Decem is 10 why isn't December the 10th month anymore?
How many people read from the Torah on Mondays and Thursdays?
Di... -
#55 ✡ Megillah 4:1-2
WWJD? Read the Haftarah! How much do you know about this mysterious custom?
What do you mean, the Mishnah and the New Testament go hand in hand?
Did you know half the "Our Father" is from Judaism's oldest and most-repeated prayer?
Why were all the Christological passages excluded from the Prophet... -
#56 ✡ Megillah 4:3-4:10
Was Simon's father named Jonah or John? Why do the Gospels contradict each other?
The Greek name "Peter" has a Hebrew meaning in the Gospels and Jewish literature!
Why is a "minyan of ten" required for a Torah service? Is that Biblical?
Here's an example of how the Gemara is "packed" with info th... -
#57 ✡ Moed Katan & Chagigah 1:1
Are the middle days of Passover and Tabernacles holy or "profane"?
Did Paul get his analogy of irrigated versus naturally watered fields from the Mishnah?
Are you spiritually mature? How about your congregation? Here's how to tell.
This Greek word used in Mishnah, Peshitta, and Delitzsch NT is sp... -
#58 ✡ Chagigah 1:7-2:2
Do you know what the Hebrew word "Pharisee" literally mean?
Why do Jewish people say their mission is "Tikkun Olam" and where's that in Scripture?
Are Yeshua's "greatest/least commandments" and "weighty matters of the Law" in Mishnah also?
What did the sages do with the 'literal six days' and 'co... -
#59 ✡ Yevamot 1:1
Did the Sadducees plagiarize their story from the Mishnah?
What are the different Hebrew words for the revival of the dead?
Is your Torah-observance powered by the resurrection?
Polygamy? The Hebrew term for "fellow-wife" will surprise you.
Did Yeshua tell his disciples they'd go through the Grea... -
#60 ✡ Yevamot 2:5-6:6
Here's an example of why the Jewish stereotype is "smart"
Let's talk about your brain's two modes, judging and perceiving
Does matrilineal Jewishness have support in ancient law?
Can women be priests? Is there a Hebrew word for female priests?
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#61 ✡ Yevamot 7:3-16:7
How is "being Hebrew" pictured by pregnancy and leap years?
If "women shall be saved through childbearing" what do men do?
Was there any way in which the Son of God was greater than the Father?
Does Hebrew ever jumble those three-letter roots around?
What did the ritual of Levirate marriage look ... -
#62 ✡ Ketubot 1:1-2:10
What does the Jewish wedding ketubah say, is it romantic?
Why are Jewish weddings on Tuesday now but not in the Mishnah?
Why are plants and animals consistent but humans are flippy?
Why did Saul of Tarsus sign his epistles with his own hand?
Was it legal or contradictory for Yeshua to testify abo... -
#63 ✡ Ketubot 4:3-5:5
Could God's laws be arrived at rationally or only by revelation?
Why does the Torah take sex outside of marriage so seriously?
Why did Paul say children are holy because of a believing parent?
What's with them playing flutes because Jairus' daughter died?
How did those personal little details get... -
#64 ✡ Ketubot 5:6-13:10
Did Yeshua tell his guys to leave their families to follow him?
Where did Paul get his "different body parts" metaphor from?
Women's head coverings, was that Jewish culture or Torah law?
How does the Mishnah underscore our need for the Gospel?
How many one-letter prefixes can be used? Ever seen t... -
#65 ✡ Nedarim 1:1-2:4
Why does Torah say to make vows and Yeshua says don't?
How many of these dumb vows make you laugh or facepalm?
Why does James say condemnation and Paul says no?
If phylacteries weren't literal why didn't Jesus mention that?
Why do Jews say they "lay" tefillin instead of "putting them on"?
The "fo... -
#66 ✡ Nedarim 2:4-3:7
Why did the last pagan Caesar start building the Third Temple?
How anti-Torah was early Christianity by the mid-300s?
How many of these rash vows make you roll your eyes?
Does Mishnah confirm the Gospel of Mark on "corban"?
How does price negotiation beautifully picture the Gospel?
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#67 ✡ Nedarim 3:10-9:7
Why were Jews infamous for garlic breath?
Did Paul speak highly of physical circumcision?
What are Midrash, Halacha, Hagada, and Mikra?
How does this pejorative for Jesus also mean "guilt-bearer"?
Have you seen Chagall's crucifixion of the Jewish Christ?
Is vicarious suffering and atonement a Jew... -
#68 ✡ Nazir 1:1-2:4
What's the difference between Nazarite and Nazarene?
Was "I won't drink this fruit of the vine until…" a Nazarite vow?
Why did Jacob call Joseph a "nazirite"?
How much of this 9-chapter convo has crossed your mind?
Why did the Sages start discouraging Nazarite vows?
Try not to laugh at these goof... -
#69 ✡ Nazir 2:5-9:4
Were you actually allowed to pay for other Nazirites?
Could you do a Nazirite vow outside the land of Israel?
Why did the apostle Paul have his head shaved in Cenchrea?
Why could you be lashed for eating grapes or raisins?
Ever notice the connection between concept and conception?
Why did Izzy ta... -
#70 ✡ Nazir: Paul's Vow
Why did Paul take a vow in Corinth specifically?
Was Paul's vow Nazirite or something else?
Did Paul have integrity or was he deceptive?
Why do some commentators think it was Aquila?
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#71 ✡ Nazir: Torah-Observant Paul 1
Is it ok for believers to be zealous for the Law?
Do Jews/Gentiles have the same relationship to Torah?
Did Paul teach Jewish believers to be Torah-observant?
Which ceremony of purification did Paul do?
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#72 ✡ Nazir: Torah-Observant Paul 2
How has Christianity done representing Yeshua to his people?
Were James and Paul mistaken, as commentators allege?
Will we be offering sacrifices in the Millenium?
Commentators using Paul's letters to criticize Paul...really?
Have you repented of historic Christian antisemitism?
